Ott's tired soldiers and convinced that general to order a phased withdrawal. O'Reilly's battalions held Casteggio to the last and the Reisky Regiment was nearly wiped out. O'Reilly's survivors and the numerous Austrian cavalry covered the retreat. Result The Austrians reported losing 659 killed, 1,445 wounded and 2,171 captured, as well as two field pieces lost. The French claimed only 600 casualties, but a more realistic assessment is that they suffered about 3,000 losses. "Yet the Battle of Montebello did not fatally compromise Melas' situation. His strategy to mass his forces and then attack remained sound." On the other hand, "Austrian morale suffered a serious relapse, and Melas remained as if hypnotized around Alessandria for the next five days without making any significant move, waiting for his troops to complete their concentration." The next engagement would be the decisive Battle of Marengo on 14 June. Jean Lannes distinguished himself at this battle, for which he was awarded the victory title of duc de Montebello in 1808. References Arnold, James R. Marengo & Hohenlinden. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword, 2005. Chandler, David. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Macmillan, 1966. Clausewitz, Carl von (2021). The Coalition Crumbles, Napoleon Returns: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 2. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. Footnotes External links https://web.archive.org/web/20070627042322/http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mcnelly/vb/scenarios/Montebello1800.htm Battles involving Austria Battles involving France Battles of the French Revolutionary Wars Battles of the War of the Second Coalition Conflicts in 1800 1800 in Austria 1800 in France Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe